Funnily enough, this is called RAS syndrome (redundant acronym syndrome syndrome)….
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I'm usually pretty pedantic with language (people using "begs the question" instead of "raises the question" raises by blood pressure just a little bit) but will disagree on chai tea. Just because chai means tea in another language, doesn't mean chai tea is redundant the same way ATM machine is.
In English, we've taken the generic word for tea as a loanword and use it to describe a specific type of tea. Like hound dog, or Saharah desert. It's essentially a new word in this context so not redundant. Machine in ATM is the same word as the machine that follows, so that one is at least justifiably something to be pedantic about.
Yeah, it begs my blood pressure too. I usually say masala chai to avoid redundancy and be specific to the kind of chai, but garam masala just means hot spice blend, similar to melange. Spice Melange is the name for the magic spice in Dune, but Dune is called Arrakis by the native people (which probably just means sand dune in the Freman language.)
So it would be all right to have chai tea in the Sahara desert?
As long as you do it an Wadi Ram Valley
Only after rafting the Rio Grande River.
Man, that really begs my balls. (It's a regional saying)
I was actually today years old when I found out that I've been using 'beg the question' incorrectly.
PIN number
There's a bank local to my area that's called someone something -B Bank, but of course the B is the initials also stands for bank.
I always liked to make the joke about my __B Bank ATM Machine PIN Number
The Department of Redundancy Department, or DORD Department.
Fun Fact: terms (or maybe the people that use terms, I'm not 100%) like ATM machine are referred to as having RAS Syndrome.
RAS = Redundant Acronym Syndrome
ATM machine makes sense if you change the acronym's meaning to be 'ass to mouth'
I pronounce Spiderman like you pronounce the surname Peterman. Spider-min. In fact, the same goes for other comic book characters. Super-min, Bat-min, Iron-min, etc. But not for women. For comic book character names ending in "woman", you emphasize the A sound so it sounds more like "man". Spider-Wo-man, Wonder Wo-man, Invisible Wo-man, etc.
fear the woe-man
*woe-min. FTFY
And yet, they are all happy to order a pizza pie!!
rip in peace
"He's kind of like if you took the the incredible hulk and the spiderman and mutated them together into one entity"
"oh I love the amazing incredible spiderhulk"
"I didn't know you could do that"
"Yeah, it's called a hybrid"
"Ah"
Where I'm from, we can them TYME Machines, which has the benefit of not involving a redundant acronym. It does confuse people when we travel, though.
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